Nanoscience is a cross-sectional interdisciplinary field of research that can hardly be
overestimated in its enabling character for technologies in many application areas. A …

A new generation of electron microscopes is able to explore the microscopic properties of
materials and devices as diverse as transistors, turbine blades and interfacial …

The structures and morphologies of polymers have been under investigation by means of
electron microscopy for more than 60 years. Electron microscopy (EM) can be divided into …

Improved resolution made possible by aberration correction has greatly increased the
demands on the performance of all parts of high-end electron microscopes. In order to meet …

Abstract Silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramics are used in numerous applications because of their
superior mechanical properties,. Their intrinsically brittle nature is a critical issue, but can be …

The ability to correct the aberrations of the probe-forming lens in the scanning transmission
electron microscope provides not only a significant improvement in transverse resolution but …

▪ Abstract In the nanoscience era, the properties of many exciting new materials and devices
will depend on the details of their composition down to the level of single atoms. Thus the …

Nanostructures, with their very large surface to volume ratio and their non-planar geometry,
present an important challenge to surface scientists. New issues arise as to surface …

Aberration-Corrected Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy provides an introduction
to aberration-corrected atomic-resolution electron microscopy imaging in materials and …

A spherical aberration-corrected electron microscope has been developed recently, which is
equipped with a 300-kV cold field emission gun and an objective lens of a small chromatic …